Andy Fletcher

Been reading a lot about the Gracchi lately, so this is a welcome coincidence

13.04.2025 13:09 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Situated in what is now Melyd Avenue, on the edge of the small North Wales resort town of Prestatyn, about 20 miles west of Chester, these well-preserved remains of a Roman civilian bath house were discovered on March 30th 1934 by Mr F. Gilbert Smith, a local architect, surveyor and enthusiastic amateur archaeologist. Five miles north of the main east-west highway from the legionary fortress at Deva (Chester) into North Wales. It is very likely that a Roman branch-road linked the industrial settlement at Prestatyn- a government controlled centre of lead production- with the main highway near St. Asaph, and continued south through the territories of the Deceangi in the valley of the River Clwyd, to the fort at Ruthin and the Berwyn Mountains, the realm of the Ordovices. The bath-house was built in about AD 120 and extended in about AD 150. It had a cold plunge-bath at the far end which was fed by a local spring by means of a timber aqueduct. The floors and roof were made with tiles transported all the way from the workshops of the 20th Legion at Holt near Wrexham, over 40 miles to the south-east, and may have been built by legionary masons. Some of these tiles, stamped with the legend LEG XX VV and their symbol of a wild boar https://chesterwalls.info/baths.html

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#Roman Bathhouse - Prestatyn, Wales.

The bath-house was built in about AD 120 and extended in about AD 150. It had a cold plunge-bath at the far end which was fed by a local spring by means of a timber aqueduct. (See Alt.)

#Archaeology #History
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12.04.2025 07:53 — 👍 44    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way Unfortunately for the Romans, high tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic woes.

Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way.
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12.04.2025 17:36 — 👍 61    🔁 21    💬 1    📌 0

cat playing harp 1st cent AD image Museum August Kestner

A delightful earthenware figurine of a cat playing a harp,
1st century AD, Roman Egypt.
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13.04.2025 11:35 — 👍 54    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 2

My photo shows the ruins of the cliff-top Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion in Greece. The ruins are of a classical temple built 444-440 BC, which replaced an earlier archaic temple.

For #AncientSiteSunday

The cliff-top ruins of the 5th-century BC Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Attica, Greece. 📷 me

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06.04.2025 11:37 — 👍 186    🔁 26    💬 6    📌 0

Very hype for @jldraycott.bsky.social new book on Fulvia. Great read. Glad to learn more about the women of the Late Republic. And Fulvia is definitely one of the most intriguing figures of the time.

31.03.2025 14:50 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

This is good to know. So far I've avoided most flamewars. Perhaps the hate will be more prominent if the audio drama does okay xD We'll see... Also, the list you included in your other comment, very helpful; thank you again.

31.03.2025 14:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is actually legendary, I'm terrible with social media and computer stuff in general so this rundown of the new landscape is much appreciated!

31.03.2025 14:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you! A bit later than I planned but it's already a breath of fresh air compared to the not so good place xD

31.03.2025 14:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0